First day of meteorological spring 2019

March 1 2019 was a dull day, a Friday, with average temperature of about 10 C. This followed a February that was one of the warmest on record, as the last week reached record highs, with 21.2 C at Kew (Sky report).

It was so nice I went to Crystal Palace park and was able to roll up my sleeves and bask in the sun. Even the Sphinx was sunbathing

The fishing pond looked like a mirror -

New daffodils amongst old leaves -

The good weather broke on Feb 28 and Mar 1 was the first day of meteorological spring. Whereas the first day of spring in astronomical terms is Mar 20. And the forecast for the weekend, Mar 2-3 is bad, with heavy rain and the arrival of storm Freya.